Dent Minnesota Map

About Dent, Minnesota

Dent is a locality in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 173. The population density is 184.5 people per km². Dent is located at 46.5536°N, 95.7164°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56528.

Dent emerges from the expansive, quiet plains of western Minnesota as a cluster of modest structures defined by the long, low light of the northern latitudes. It lies 19.2 miles south-southeast of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 161°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west-southwest of Perham. The landscape surrounding Dent remains dominated by the glacial debris of the region, where the earth rises into subtle, persistent swells covered in pockets of dense woodland and expansive fields. Only a mile to the west, the surface of Rice Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the sky, its quiet waters held in place by reeds and the encroaching brush of the prairie. Further out, the slow, meandering path of the Dead River cuts through the terrain, a silent artery that draws moisture from the fields and feeds the low-lying basins of the Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area. During the deep, hollow silence of winter, the air here turns brittle and clear, sharpening the silhouettes of the trees against a vast, pale horizon that stretches toward the distant, faint rise of Detroit Mountain.

Dent carries the quiet weight of a settlement forged by the necessity of the harvest and the resilience of those who arrived to break the heavy, black soil. The local economy persists in a measured cadence, tied to the agricultural rhythms of the season and the small-scale commerce that sustains the people who remain. History here is found not in grand monuments, but in the sturdy architecture of the older storefronts and the way the community maintains its connection to the land that has supported generations of families. The life of the residents is marked by the changing temperaments of the seasons, where the transition from the golden warmth of autumn to the monochromatic stillness of the deep freeze dictates the pace of every day. In the evenings, as the sun slips behind the western ridges, the stillness of the environment feels absolute, reminding any traveler that Dent exists as a deliberate, enduring point of stillness in the vast, open interior of the continent.

About This Dent Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dent, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.55357, -95.716435. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Dent includes the ZIP code (56528), telephone area code (320), county seat of Otter Tail County (Fergus Falls), and school district assignment (Perham-Dent Public School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.